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I am a lover of all things creative. A singer, song writer & producer. I have studied art most of my academic life and have a degree in animation. I also enjoy painting, makeup artistry, photography, dress making & designing, digital art working, drawing (on paper & on photoshop). I absolutely love fashion- haute couture/ editorial stuff. I view it as a form of artistic expression; it influences my style of drawing, makeup, and my dress sense. Despite my love of fashion, I am not a big follower of trends. I tend not to care what is in or out of season because my honest opinion is what goes around comes back around... If you share in my interests, hopefully you'll enjoy my blog posts!

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Bisa's FashionFIX: 'Comic Book Hero'

Bisa's FashionFIX: 'Comic Book Hero' featuring DIY dress


Hey lovelies! 
I had so much fun doing this shoot. The photographs were taken by my friend Takunda on an extremely hot day. I was totally commited to the poses that day and tried to make it look easy, but back bending in those boots was a killer!


 


 







Here are some stills from from the video. I took slight inspiration from the comic book theme.




 This bag was made and designed by a designer called Molly Quest. This bag was actually named after me which is a huge honour! I have details of it in my previous post The Bisa Clutch bag 

Dress, DIY
Boots, Office DIY customised
Necklace, River Island (I labelled it wrongly in the vid- oops!)
Belt, Kookai
Earrings, H&M
Bracelet #2, H&M


Here's the video! Enjoy!xxx
Photography by Takunda Mashoko
Digital artwork & Videography by Bisa




This dress was used in a previous video where I styled, photographed and did the makeup for a friend of mine.

Below is one of my first videos where I show you how I customised those boots


Thursday, 18 April 2013

Bisa's FashionFIX: BOLD!!

BOLD!!


Hey everyone! I'm back with a new Fashion fix post! Hurrah! (well I'm excited about it! ;p)
I bought this amazing suede leather jacket from a charity shop and the print is so cool! Such a bargain too! 
Here are some stills from my video. Enjoy! :D xxx



I'm in love with this bag!! It was a freebie from Punky Fish. I did a shoot with them last year and they let me pick some things to keep. Very, very nice of them!!






Suede Leather Jacket, Charity Shop
Blue Belt, Beyond Retro
Pink Belt, Charity Shop
Shoes, Office
Velvet Leggings, Miss Selfridge
Bag, Punky Fish
Rings, Primark
Earrings, H&M
Top, Urban Behaviour
Nails, Barry M 'Emerald'


Friday, 12 April 2013

Instagram Outfit Posts #2

Instagram Outfit Posts #2

Well hello there! It's been a lonnnggg while but I'm back with part two of my instagram 'outfit of the day' posts. 

DIY skirt/ dress
Belt, eBay
Boots, Jeffrey Campbell 'Lita Gold Spikes'

Vintage suede/ leather dress, Beyond Retro
Boots, Jeffrey Campbell 'Freda'

Top, New Look
Skirt, H&M
Top Belt, eBay
Second belt, Charity Shop
Bracelets, Miss Selfridge
Necklace, Charity Shop

Vintage suede/ leather dress, Beyond Retro
Belt, River Island (DIY extra embellishment)
Boots, New Look

Blazer, Charity Shop
Skirt worn as top, H&M
Belt, eBay 
Leggings, Miss Selfridge
Boots, Jeffrey Campbell 'Lita Gold Spikes'

Jacket, Miss Selfridge
Shirt, New Look
Leather Leggings, (unknown)
Boots, New Look

Vintage fur stole
Cardigan, Charity Shop
Top Belt, River Island
Second belt, Charity Shop
Boots, Jeffrey Campbell 'Lita Gold Spikes'

Vintage dress, Beyond Retro
Boots, Jeffrey Campbell 'Freda'


(iphone case from eBay
Prescription lenses from FreshLook Colourblend, Grey)


It's hard to post regularly because I want my blog to be interesting... I don't want to write about just anything. Anyway, I'm currently editing a very cool 'Fashion Fix' vid which should be live on youtube next week. There will plenty of photos to post on here too!

Hope you're all very well! 
Chat soon!xx

Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Updated Foundation Routine!


Quite possibly my most requested video. My updated Flawless foundation routine! This is my foundation routine for; on stage, on camera & nights out! 
Long lasting & camera ready!

Here it is!



List Of Products Used;

L'Oreal Studio Secrets Smoothing Resurfacing Primer
MAC Studio Fix Fluid, NW46
LA Girl Pro Concealer, Chestnut
Ben Nye Mojave Contour Wheel
LA Girl Pro Concealer, Fawn
Stila Prime Pot, Caramel
Ben Nye Luxury Powder, Banana
Ben Nye Transluscent Powder, Sienna
Ben Nye Transluscent Powder, Topaz
Island Beauty Powder

On my eyes: 
DermaColor Concealer, D 14
DermaColor Concealer, DM2


Brushes Used;
Sedona Lace, Round Top Brush 480
Real Techniques, Pointed Foundation Brush
Real Techniques, Foundation Brush
Royal & LangNickel, Silk Pro Crease C430
Sedona Lace, Flat Top Powder Brush 928
Sedona Lace, Kabuki Brush

For my brows:
Royal & LangNickel, Silk Pro C160/-12
Royal & LangNickel, Silk Pro, Brow/ Lash C510

FLAWLESS Makeup done by Mario Dedivanovic!


Although I love the flawless look, I'm also a fan on the natural, dewy look





Adding high light with concealer is such a great way to brighten the face & add dimension 



Sometimes, when you apply a full coverage foundation with a matte texture, it can make the face appear quite "flat" so highlight is sometimes used to reinforce those dimensions. Adding back that which was taken away.

I've created some illustrations which will hopefully demonstrate my point...

The image below represents the flattening effect of full coverage foundation without hight;

Then I add high light. Highlight and contour can both be used to manipulate features also. Make certain features appear bigger or smaller

Then I add contour. This is mostly done around the face & you can see by comparing the first and second illustration, that the face on the final image instantly appears narrower.

Obviously we are 3Dimentional beings but the using these same effects can produce very similar results.



Hope this post was both helpful and interesting! xxx


Friday, 22 February 2013

Bisa's FashionFIX DIY Dress (Black & Gold)

Bisa's FashionFIX DIY Dress (Black & Gold)


Hey guys! So I'm finally back with fashion posts! This is definitely where my heart lies so I'm excited to do more fashion based things on my blog and youtube channel.
This is a dress I made for my last birthday celebration. If you've seen my tumblr page, you'll see that I LOVE shiny things! However, my absolute favourite combination is black & gold! 
In my opinion, wearing black gives you an excuse to go all out with accessories...

Above, is a sketch I drew showing the style of this dress, although this was drawn after the dress was completed. 


Here are some stills from the video








More video stills


Absolutely in love with these bangles/ bracelets from Primark. 
They came in a set of 5 and I bought two sets.



Dress, Designed & Made by Bisa
Earring, Matalan
Bangles, Matalan
Boots, Jeffrey Campbell Lita Spikes Gold
Bag, Miss Selfridge 



Photography & Videography done by yours truly!:D
I had so much fun filming &  editing this vid! Hope you like it!